It was time to celebrate! The Schapiro Spring Foursomes was back again after the enforced Covid break, and the EBU’s best tournament (IMHO), with its double elimination format, was down in numbers but not in quality. My team was knocked out in the quarter-final by 1VP by the team that eventually won: Team Hinden, a highly successful and effective foursome, who had added Tony Forrester (no less) to their squad.
Today’s hand shows Tony’s excellent technique succeeding where many of us would have failed, taking the easy route.
West led a Spade, and Declarer tried the Queen, but East won and shifted to a Club. Declarer won in dummy and played a Heart to the Queen, then cashed the ♥Ace, on which East followed with the King (play the card you’re known to hold).
It looks like South is forced to guess the Diamonds – which he can’t on this occasion – but Tony showed us that looks can be deceiving.
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